Directed by:
Mel DamskiCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
John MorrisCast:
Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Martin Hewitt, Michael Hordern, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason (more)VOD (3)
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For twelve years, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) has looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted - for tax evasion! - he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him to the Spanish Main, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await. (official distributor synopsis)
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After a weaker opening half hour, in which only John Cleese's excellent blind man Pew and the cute jailer who announces his visit by smashing sticks into prisoners' backs are worth mentioning, Yellowbeard degenerates into an amazing avalanche of wacky ideas that are second to none. It all starts with a passage of several episodes of monitoring into the harbor and a perfectly pitched "Would you give three quarters for a piece of shit?" scene with a little girl, continues with a cruise, a not-quite-understood battle, and culminates in a massive skirmish on the island in which far more people fall than are killed. Four stars. Thanks for this movie.
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